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Watch: Ohio Judge Orders Assault Suspect to Be ‘Pepper-Sprayed’ by Victim
An Ohio judge this week ordered an assault victim to “pepper-spray” his alleged attacker in an open courtroom in his version of “eye for an eye” justice, according to New York’s WABC-TV. But relax; it wasn’t real pepper spray. It was saline solution—you know, like the mixture used for contact lenses. Here is what happened:…
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FIFA Officials Indicted by US for Receiving $150 Million in Bribes to Influence World Cup Games
An official who sits on the executive committee of FIFA—the body governing the World Cup international soccer competition—was allegedly given $10 million so that he would vote for South Africa to host the 2010 games. That is just one example, American officials say, of how FIFA and marketing executives have been scheming and bribing officials…
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Austin, Texas, Official Who Organized a Sexist Lecture on Women in Government Resigns
When more women than men were elected to the Austin, Texas, City Council this year, Anthony Snipes, a city official, decided to organize a training session for council members on how to deal with women in local government, the Associated Press reports. Jonathan Allen, the consultant Snipes hired, dished out recommendations on how to handle…
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How Do I Find a Missing Death Certificate?
I have a question about my grandmother Ola Mae Waters, who was born in September 1937 and passed in May 1977 in a Georgia nursing home or hospital. Her children went into foster care before her sister received custody of them. My mom and her siblings attended her funeral. However, the state has no death certificate. I…
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Parents’ Shaming of Children on Video Is No Different From Cyberbullying
There’s yet another viral video of a black parent publicly shaming her child. In this one, a 12-year-old boy named Terrence, who came home smelling like marijuana, got a “George Jefferson” haircut from his stepmom. To make matters worse, the stepmom, Aaliyah Hines, found out that he also failed the seventh grade and will have…
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Once Homeless, Chicago Teen Mom Is Now Valedictorian Who’s Been Awarded Over $600,000 in Scholarships
Trameka Pope, a Chicago high school senior, gave birth to a baby girl the summer after eighth grade and decided then that she wasn’t going to become a statistic. Now she has more than 26 college-acceptance letters and has been awarded more than $600,000 in scholarships, People magazine reports. “I was told that God don’t…
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US Marine Convicted of Displaying Bible Verse on Her Computer Appeals
A U.S. Marine who was brought before a court-martial and then convicted of refusing to take down a Bible verse displayed on her computer screen has filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Fox News reports. Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling was convicted in 2014 at Camp Lejune in North Carolina…
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Ariz. Woman Who Ran Over Her Husband Because Obama Won 2012 Election Is Sentenced
Holly Nicole Solomon was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for running her husband over with her SUV when she found out that he didn’t vote in the 2012 presidential elections, the Associated Press reports. Solomon, a 31-year-old Mesa, Ariz., resident, thought the political contest was especially important because Barack Obama was up for re-election—and subsequently…
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97-Year-Old Army Vet Goes on Field Trip to the White House, Meets President Obama
Vivian Bailey, a 97-year-old Army veteran and Maryland resident, had one of her wishes come true Tuesday when she went on a field trip to the White House and met President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, My Fox DC reports. The trip was especially meaningful since Bailey grew up in the segregated South…
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